PHOENIX AZ March 31 2018 An Arizona woman says her husband believed he was in the clear after escaping from an Iowa prison 37 years ago and they were both shocked when authorities arrested him earlier this week. When police arrived at the couple’s door in Prescott Valley, Charles “Chuck” Leroy Cagley had been using his […]
ARNOLD, Missouri Dec 7 2017– An Arnold police officer was shot inside a police SUV Tuesday afternoon by a handcuffed burglary suspect just yards from the police station where he was taking the suspect to be booked, authorities said. The officer was identified as Ryan O’Connor, 44. He was shot in the back of the neck […]
TEXAS COUNTY, MO. June 27 2017 – A prisoner being transported by the Texas County, Missouri Sheriff’s Department overpowered a transport officer and stole a marked gray transport van Monday morning, Missouri Highway Patrol officials said. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, Christopher Hunt, 33, was last seen in the Texas County transport van traveling […]
MANCHESTER TN June 20 2017 — In what a prosecutor called a cowardly act, an inmate shot and injured two Coffee County Sheriff’s Department deputies during a struggle at the courthouse Monday afternoon before fleeing and fatally shooting himself, authorities said. The shooting shut down the Coffee County Justice Center here in this town 65 […]
JOLIET IL June 9 2017 – A convicted murderer took a nurse and prison guard hostage for a short time early Wednesday at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center. According to the Illinois Department of Corrections, Joshua L. Matthews, 32, was brought to the hospital by ambulance Tuesday from Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill. Matthews […]